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to the "haise' 1 many rhanaohs!" No
more stitching until IL az night, no more
thrristing of the shumb bY the employer
Through the work to show it was not done
quite right. Plenty of bread at last
Heaven Tor aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish biseen frames.
No more sitting up until midnight for the
coming Of the staggering steps No more
rough blows across tie temples. No more
shaTr,. keen, bitter curses. Some Oh you will
have no rest in this would 1t will bS oiland
struggle and suffering all the way up You
will have to stand at your door fighting: back
the WOLF with your own hand, red with car
mage. But God has crown for youi l
want to realize this morning that he is now
making it, and whenever you weep tear he
sets another gem in that CROWN; whenever
you have pang OF body or
soul ne puts another gem in that
crown, until, after a while; in all the
tiara there will be no room for ana
other splendor, and God will saFto his angel.
"The crown is done: let her up that she may
wear it." And as the Lord of Righteousness
cry 70 angel: ssWho is she1' and Christ will
say: 81 willteA you who she is: She is the
one that came up out Of great trdbulation,
audlhad her robe washed and made white in
the.blood of the Lamb" And them God will
spread a banquet, and He will invite all the
municipalities Of heaven to sit at the feast;
and the tables will blush with the best
clusters from the vineyards Of God,
and crimson with the twelve manner
of fruits from the Tree Of Life and waters
from the fountains Of the rock will flash from
the golden tankard6 and the old harpers OF
heaven will sitthere, making music with their
harps and. Christ VIII point you out, amid
the celebrities of heaven, saying: "She suf-
fered with ms on earth, now we are going to
be gloriied together. And the banqusters,
no longer able to bold their peace, will break
forth with congratulation: HALL" hail"
And there will be handwritings on the wall
not such as. struck the Persian nobleman
with horroT-but fre-tipped fingers, writing
in blazing capitals Of light, and love, and
victory: ;7God hath wiped away all tears
from all facesin
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TEMPERANCE.
The Drunkard's Wife's Secret:

The Drunkard's Wife's Secret:
''1 tell I;Is' Eoua'sseres" said br0ken-henr''d
"It's the shameOt my children the load of
my life.
My husband, SO kind, so gentle and good,
Takes more Of strong drink than a prudent;
man should
"He's hard-working man as any you find,
And when he-dosen't drink he's patient and
kink;
He gives mo his wages and stays home to rest,
And makes US all happy, contented and blest.
"But husband will drink, I'm sorry to say;
And then from his home he wanders away,
Comes in: late at night when the family's'
And fills, the whole house with terror and,
dread.
"I never before Of my sorrow have spoken,
And would not speak now, but my heart is
nigh broken;
I've come. to my pastor, but not to complain,
But only some counsel and comfort to gain"
Poor woman! her secret is sadly well known;
Alas! on the street it is publicly shown;
AS plainly it's seen in the wife'spallid face
As in the debauch and drunkard's disgrace. {.
'Tis the old story told, for everretold,
As vividly new as terribly old,
How the Devil Of Drink, when he enters the
home,
Puts out its candle and shrouds all in gloom
Oh mothers and sisters and sweethearts,
arise!
Take in the drink-curse with your plying
eyes;
By the mi ght Of your love, your tears, and
your faith,
Oh! save our dear homes from the Iblight Of
this death.
Joel .S,uartz, D. D., in temperance Ad-
>ocofo
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A Taste Destroying Plant.

1t has been for some time reported that
there existed in Madras plant the leaves
of which, when chewed, destroyed the
taste to such an extent that one could
not distinguish sugar from sand. The
report was supposed to be founded on a
mere notion. Specimens received in
Europe prove it to be reality. The
plant is Gymnema syluestre. The use of
such plant in removing nausea from
disagreeable doses, and in many other
ways, is apparent. 1t belongs, however,
to natural order, Asclepiadaceo, which
have patent powers of their own, and it
has yet to be known whether its power
of destroying taste may not also destroy
the value of the medicines it may be used
with.-Pailadelphia Telegraph.
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Oat Straw for Stock.

In a recent report of conclusions,
reached through long series of expert
ments concerning the feeding of oct
straw, Professor sanborn, of Missouri,
says that this straw is mainly valuable as
heat and fat producer. 1t does not
produce much fat, because cattle will
not eat enough it. 1t contains but Ia
per cent. of digestible albuminoids, or
flesh formers, and 40 per cent. of diges
tible carbohydrates, or fat formers
Hence, to use it with advantage and get
the full benefit of it, it must be fed with
o food of directly the opposite kind, such
as oil meal or cottonseed meal. The
Professor found that thirty-four pounds
of oat straw and six pounds of cottonsced
meal gave the same results as fifty
pounds of the hay, because cottonseed
meal has 33.2 per cent. of album;noids
and but 17.6 per cent. of carbohydrates,
thus forming, with the straw, a well-bal-
anced ration. Oil meal contains 27. 6 per
cent. of albuminoids and 81 per cent. OF
carbohydrates, so that pound more of
oil meal than of cottonseed meal should
be fed. The cost of this feed as
COulpetlSu Will A"y az Yo lOu,
or + of cent per pound, is
an important question. 1t is said to
take twenty-five pounds of it to make a
steer gain pound a day, or ST cents
daily to keep him in good growing con-
dition. But if by feeding four pounds
of oil meal, worth IT cents per pound,
the same gain can be made, and by feed
ing a proportionately less amount we can
keep up the weight, it will help out q
short crop of hay. But to the farmer who
has not and cannot get oil meal the fol-
lowing facts will be of value: Clover hay
contains about 8 per cent. of ofalbuminoids,
timothy contains 5.S, and oat straw IA
per cent; therefore, it will be seen that a
ton of clover hay fed with ton of oat
straw will be equal in value to two tons
of timothy, because clover hay contains
an excess of albuminoids, and it is waste
to feed it by itself, as it is waste to feed
oat straw alone. A steer fed On the straw
long enough would starve, blt when fed
with clover they are a ell-balanced
ration. and make poor hay crop 90
much farther. 1t is clearly established
that the food value of oat straw can be
obtained only by feeding with something
that has an excess of albuminoids and
deficiency of carbohydrates. The farm
er's food of this class is clover hay.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
Kissing the Grave.
"a little child sf,all lead them. Isaiah II :6

~ Absio Cullu SiSiii leau tteih. -lSdlau L.
"a True rNcIDEET.)
A little hand was clasped in mine,
A cbild-voice prattled on,
Wa wandered to tho grassy spot,
Where one lay, loved, and gone.
Isilent stood, and thought how Death
Had me bereft Of joy
And incurred the wealth Of happiness
That vanished with boy.
The child was kneeling at my feet,
And bent his little head.
1saw him stroke the flowers'that grew,
And kiss the 'mossy bed.
II will not waken him." he said,
''Nor give him any pain;
Like me, when mother kisses me,
He'll turn, and sleep again."
'sWhen will we waken, dearw I asked,
Still more the child to try,
And marveled that an infant mind
Could grasp thought so high:
II Haken up when morning comes,
And better'n every thing
Are Mothers arms stretched open wide
For me to rise and spring!
"HelE waken too when morning comes,
For Jesus loud will call,
And hold his arms stretched open 'wider
For him in them to fall.T
Dear childl had thy simple trust;.
'Twere well for me to-day.
'Twers well for all that e'er have mourleG
For loved ones called away!
Who bade thee kiss that messy bedJ
And Lisp these words to me-,
But that great Heart that stood beside.
Thegpav at Bethany2
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Fowl With Broken Leg.

The leg of any small animal, broken on
the lower part or where the bone is not
covered with muscle, can be easily re-
pair ed in this manner: Procure num-
Der of strips an inch wide of cotton cloth.
and sew them together by the ends and
roll them into ball. Wet them thorough
ly; have some one hold the animal and
the leg properly adjusted, and begin
wrapping the bandage around it in a
spiral manner the whole length. Then
continue to wind the bandage. but
sprinkle caicined plaster of paris upon it
to cover the cloth thinly, until sufficient
Is wound on to keep the broden bone
firmly in place. Then sew the end of the
bandage and support the bone with three
thin splints of wood bound with thread
over the bandage until the plaster sets
and dries. In few days remove the
wooden splints and leave the plaster
bandage for month or six weeks, when
it may be removed. This plan has been
used to repair fractures of legs of horses
and cows with success.-New York Times.
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HARVEST

The purple vine skins cluster rpon the droops
ing vine, ~
The sun fed peach leans low upon the gar
den wall,
With their burden gold and ruddy the apple
boughs incline,
The pear and plum bend down to the eager
reach Of all.
The polished nuts are dropping from sheaths
Of bursting burrs,
The golden gorse is weaving q field of cloth
gold,
The airsare heavy laden with tho balsam Of
theirs,
The aster's royal splendor is marvel on
the mold.
A tender flush Of Sun..ner fingers still on hill
and paainI
And on the fields close stacked and on the
woods agiow;
There's sound Of harvest singing, and
sound of falling grain,
And sound of flashing sickles as the reap
ers come and 60
".
The sadness Of perfection lies in these sweet
late days, ~.
With cool crisp morns and ewes and Moons.
Of mellow fire,
As on the full bloom rose that forecasts its
own decay,
Too fair and faultless to leave room for
hope or fordesire.
Jennie Wdrpeu Paine.
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Prohibition in Georgia.

Whatever may have been the results OF
Prohibition in other States the experiment
made in Georgia appears to have fully justl-
fed the expectations of its friends. The plan
of Prohibition there adopted local option by
counties, to be tested for a period Of two
years-has now been in operation for year
and half, having been adopted by llS out OF
1877 counties and the general testimony OF
the public is so clearly in favor OF it that it
will probably be re-enacted at the expiration
of the trial term. The testimony Of business
men, in such city as Atlanta, that business
has greatly thriven under the action OF this
law, is certainly significant. 1t dlsposes eifec.
tually Of the assertion so often made that
Prohibition is a rich mans law, discrimin-
ating against the rights and the comforts OF
the poor for the benefit of the prosperous.
This testimony means nothing more nor less
than that the poor have had more money to
spend-have earned more, that is-and have
spent it upon commodities which have con-
tributed to their comfort commodities such
as the rich consider the necessaries Of life. A
state Of active business prosperity is not a
state in which, while the rich grow richer,
the poor grow poorer it is a state IT.
which the general standard of pros.
rerity is raised, and the comfort of
the lower strata Of society more than proper
tionally enhanced. There may possibly be
an element of Injustice in an act which de-
prives the poor man of the comforts" of his
groggery, under the plea that the remaining
Glasses in the community are benefited by
tie better law and order, the decreased taxa
ton resulting from the decrease in pauper-
ism and crime, which will ensue. But if tho
poor man is himself directly benefited; if his
prosperity is so promoted that he may find i'll
his own improved home the comfort for
which he formerly sought the goggery; if the
compensation for his loss of one form Of
pleasure is proved to be, not remote and in
definite, or i, vague and incalculable advan-
tage to his posterity, or far distant and inl-
probable immunity from pauperism or crirno
for himself, but is rather, as the experiment
in Georgia seems to show, an evident pros.
perity speedily following. upon the enforced
withdrawal Of luxury formerly believed to
be a necessity, the case is quite different. No
laboring man, other than confirmed drunk.
ard, is beyond conviction from the logic Of
facts; and it is evident that the poor men OF
Georgia, in the majority there as elsewhere.
have seen the cogen y of this kind of reason
ing, since they propose to 're.enact the pro
hibition law when the period of its expiration
shall have come round.-Frank Leslic's
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Alcohol as n Medicine.

DR.. J. H. Hanaford, writing of alcohol as
a medicine saws: 81 we'll know that it has
been claimed by the friends of intoxicants-
their claims have never been based on sci
ence, reason, or truth-that alcohol aids di-
cestion. reasonably inferring that, if true, its
use will add to the strength, q very import
ant matter in all cases of illness 1t should
be understood that alcohol is in no sense a
food, that it can never impart any strength,
since it is never digested, passing into the cir
culation and leaving it, when elected, as pure
alcohol as when it entered. Only that which is
digested affords strength"
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Gloom and Darkness.

Tie ripest apples are most liable to be-
bruised; and so the ripest natures. SEEM to
have developed danger in this same diree.
tion! We have observed frequently the ten.
deney to morbidness and even to downright
dependency in the finer minds. They ara
putin Situations to which they are strange,
or they ane assailed by new and ugly ele-
ments Of trouble. Money is scarce with
them; on they beat against the dead we'll Of
from overvOrk or dyspepsia. From; this
class Of men many go down to their graves
yearly, whose story, read by the recording
angel before the Great White Throne. it will
not be pleasant for some of theirlassociates
to hear. They have been made the victims
Of intrigue or calumny; or they have been
misapprehsoded and morally beaten. They
have lacked the peculiar fiber which eensti-
tutes a reactionary force in some Of their
successful neighbors, and they haye' consi@-
cred that they failed.
Now, no man fails so long as he himself
does not believe the fact. But lee him once
consider himself unsuccessful, and 10, all
about him stamp his own verdict on him. II
a man will not be slaughtered he cannot be
slaughtered; but woe be to him if hsbeeomes
O. walking grievance and goes about talking
of his troubles And still moro woe be to
hin II he puts this grievanceinto' bis nest
bike the devils nest-egg that itis-to aeeumu-
bate to itself other unmatched miseries. The
S;eys .ssy sometimes be added. but the sor-
rows invariably break the she'll!
If there is gloom and darknessfn the mind,
then is the time when the enemy comes and
sows tares. In daylight and under the rays
Of the sun he will not dare to scatter the evil
seed. So that the first thing for every down.
hearted soul to do is to, get healthy light
upon his spirits. The. lake and the prairie
are free to the poorest Of rs. Our natures
are 50 constituted that to- allow ourselves to
be stung and pricked and poisoned by the
petty annoyances Of life, IS decidedly wrong.
We must come in contact with trouble, OF
course; but then, We must learn and teach
the lesson of trust. Like the fine old ariS-
tocracy of the better Italy we will not talk
to each other Of diSagreeable things. We
will rather put the best side out and the best
foot foremost. For he who makes another
feel better and brighter has done his own soul
good.
We must make times Of darkness and gloom
times of rest-sometimes of actual as well
as moral rest in sleep. There are moments
when we can do nothing. Let us then EN-
ploy these in recuperating and growing strong
for what is ahead. The Lord Jesus took his
followers aside to rest awhile--and himself
slept through great storm. Elijah had 9
gloomy time under that juniper tree, but il
was the reaction after Carmel; and presently
being fed from Gods hand he was led on tc
see Gods glory. ry.-tNorthwestern Christian
Advocate
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The EQUALIZATION of the Sexes.

The Epoch discovers curious aspect
of our modern literature to be that while
women, intellectually speaking, are be-
ginning to show certain masculine
power, men are beginning to develop
certain feminine characteristics, such as
expansiveness, exaggerated dclicacy OF
expression, and tendency to gosslpy
analysis of tritles. While women are
climbing the stairs of intellectual progress
men are descending by the ladder Of
gossip to sit by the fire and play with
painted trincs and fantastic toys. This
is all right. 1t is time the men were
having a rest tanyway.-St. Paul Globe.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

1t is mistake to suppose that sour,
ferpented slop for hogs is better than a
fresh mixture that is sweet and clean.
Sunfower seed is often fed to poultry,
but if too much be given it will cause
the feathers to fall as it promotes early
moulting.
Although it is supposed that the hog
eats anything, yet it rejects many grasses
sid weeds that are readily eaten by sheep
and cattle.
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John Brown, Jr., son of the Harper's
Ferry hero, is sixty-six years old, and is
engaged in grape-growing on Put in Boy
Island, in Lake Erie. He is justice Of
the peace in Put in Bay Township, con.
sisting of eight inhabited islands in that
part of the lake. 49,.
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Thirteen cities and two hundred and seven
ty-five towns and villages OF Massachusetts
are under prohibition this year.
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Temperance News and Notes.

One person in five in South Australia is an
abstainer.
The Boston Post says: "Whisky-
are apt to make rye faces when they are inl'
bibng."
Charles Sumner says the Boston Trarellcr,
'snever smoked and never tasted of whisky
but once"
Sir Wilfrid Lawson says: "The drink-traf.
fic is the great coming question of the Anglo.
Saxon race"
In Tennessee there are IL papers, includ-
ing several dailies, which advocate the pro-
hiDitory amendment.
Dr. Crosby in the Forum estimates the re.
ceipts Of the saloons of New York City at
$50, ,OOO, 900 a year.
The annual meeting of the United King
dom Alliance for 1887, will be held in Man
chester, England, October H.
Fulton County, Ga, shows on increase OF
taxable property during the past year Of
81, ,447,58. That is the way prohibition
'ruins;' business.
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Hints on Killing Weeds.

Plants cannot live indefinitely deprived
of their leaves. Hence preventing their
appearance above the surface will kill
them sooner or later.
Plants have greater need for their
leaves, and can be more easily killed in
che growing season than when partially
dormant.
Cultivation in dry time is most inju-
rious to weeds and beneficial to crops.
Avoid the introduction of weeds in
manure or litter or from wecdy sur
roundings. Some gardeners use no stable
manure on grounds they desire to keep
especially clean, relying on commercial
fertilizers and the plowing under of
green crops.
After summer crop has ripened, in
stead of allowing the land to grow up to
weeds, it is often well to SOW rye or some
other crop to cover the ground and keep
them down.
Give every part of the farm clean culti-
vation every few years, either with hoed
crop or if necessary, with fallow.
1t is often stated that cutting weeds
while in flower will kill them. This is
only reliable with biennials, and with
them only when done so late that much
of the seed will grow.
If the ground is kept we'll occupied
with other crops, weeds will give much
less trouble. Keep meadows and road
sides we'll seeded and plow-land cult
vated, except when shaded by crops
Agriculture Report.
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No Inspiration of the Bottle.

"In a conversation with Read" said Mr..
Grafton to the writer, II once ventured TO
say: Read, did you take nothing but pot
of black tea into Your room when you in
voked the muse for "sheridans Ridef" To
my surprise, in q most placid, unexpected
manner, he said: Il took nothing else but
that Let me confess to you fact: can
do nothing with the pen unless am clear
headed. know he continued, that poem,
with its faults came from no inspiration of
the bottle. l would like, however, to have
corrected some of those faults, but Bayard
TAYLOR advised me not to allow the least
change or emendation, but to let it stand as
written. The wisdom of this advice insured
its acceptance, and, if mistake not, it now
stands word for word as the muse gave it,
nothing to add or subtract.
"M-. Read also said this to me: They may
talk what they choo:e about Byron, Burns,
Poe and others writing so finely nnder the in.
fluence of drink, but don't believe word
Of t. If the tongue does wag, the brain will
lag when much drink has been INDUCED in,
for then have discovered am Just about as
dumb as Princess Bay OYSTER '"-Cincin.
natl Commercial Gazette.
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Best Time for Harvesting Crops.


In harvesting, important principles are
involved. While we allow root crops to
grow as long as they can, and harvest
them before frost damages them, grains,
wheat, barley, oats, etc., need to be cut
before perfectly ripe, if we would secure
the largest amount of starch il the ker
mel, which improves the quality OF the
-four, the value for mailing, ETC., while
at the same time, the straw is better for
feeding. Indian corn is quite sensitive
to frost. Sorghum should be cut when
the grain is fully ripe to secure also the
largest quantity of sugar in the stalk.
Grass when cut before it is in blossom
Il innutritious, and dries out greatly in
making hay. When cut in full blossom,
or when just out of blossom, it IS in tull
favor, in its highest degree of nutritious
value, and loses far less in drying. When
cut after the seed has formed, much of
the foliage will have turned brown and
dried, the stems will be woody, and,
thoug h it dries with comparatively little
loss Of weight, yet it is far less relished
by cattle, and is less nutritious, while IN
very few grasses does the seed make good
the damage to the rest of the plant. The
same general principles apply to clover
and other forage crops. Thus corn for
ensiloing or for drying for coarse fodder
should lie cut up after the eals are well
formed, and before they are fully ripe,
for then the stalk is richer in sugar, has
more foliage, andeaess woody fiber. -
american 4Agriculturist.